News and notes from around the interweb:
- After delaying the launch of free beer and wine in extra legroom coach ‘Main Cabin Extra’ seats, American is ready to launch this June 5.
- A couple of months ago I broke the news that Hyatt Place was testing charging for breakfast at some hotels. Apparently free breakfast is back at these properties. Hopefully it stays that way.
- No more prosecco on United and Japanese meals will be presented in a more ‘culturally sensitive’ manner.
To the subset of Twitter that can't get enough of @united catering updates, I give you this. pic.twitter.com/TXHS1jAm7B
— Brian Sumers (@BrianSumers) May 24, 2018
- Citibank is devaluing the Prestige card’s trip delay coverage again. Earlier this year they stopped paying out when a 3 hour delay was caused by a misconnect. Starting July 29 they’re going to require a 6 hour delay instead of a 3 hour delay.
- Delta connection pilot clipped an empty, parked United plane — and blamed United
- United has reached a resolution with the owner of the dog they killed when they required it to fly in the overhead bin
- American has a targeted offer where spend for paid extra legroom seats will count as elite qualifying dollars. Two things struck me about this. Why wouldn’t spending on seats count as airline spend for elite status — is American really only considering this, and only offering this as a ‘limited time offer’? And how many people that don’t already get extra legroom seats free care about elite qualifying dollars? This seems fairly narrow – for Gold elites who don’t get the seats free until check-in.
When I got the email from AA about this “special offer” my first thought was, “you mean I wouldn’t normally get EQDs for buying a nicer seat?” Truth be told, this sort of mentality is why I decided to stop aiming for elite status and just go with the best flight.
As a side note, if I had a choice between the AA 737-max or spirit, you’d absolutely find me in the Big Front Seat.
No more prosecco when they have champagne available seems fair. And it’s specific to only a.m. Polaris flights.
The 3 hour delay for trip insurance is the only reason that I value this benefit on my Prestige card. With a change to six hours, I do not see any reason to book with Citibank Prestige over using my Chase Sapphire Reserve card.
AA is a joke